Adjustment to retirement through social identity change

这个项目旨在提高我们对成功调整退休的因素的理解。退休意味着生活的重大改变，30%的人无法成功适应。以前的工作在社会身份的传统表明，重大的生活变化（如进入护理）的负面影响可以通过访问社会群体网络缓冲，但这种可能性尚未在退休的背景下进行审查。该项目计划通过研究确定社会群体因素对澳大利亚、英国、美国和中国退休人员成功调整的重要性来解决这一差距。它还计划测试一种新模式的效力，这种模式旨在通过将各种形式的社会规划纳入这一过渡的准备工作中，改善对退休的调整。

This project aims to improve our understanding of the factors governing successful adjustment to retirement. Retirement involves a major life change, to which 30 per cent of people fail to adjust successfully. Previous work in the social identity tradition suggests that the negative effects of significant life changes (eg moving into care) can be buffered by access to social group networks, but this possibility has not been examined in the context of retirement. This project plans to address this gap through studies that establish the importance of social group factors for successful adjustment among Australian, English, American and Chinese retirees. It also plans to test the efficacy of a new model that seeks to improve adjustment to retirement by incorporating various forms of social planning into preparation for this transition.